The catalytic performance study of polymerized ionic liquid synthesized in different conditions on alkylation of o‐Xylene with styrene

In this work, a series of novel acidic polymerized ionic liquids were used as heterogeneous catalyst for alkylation of o‐Xylene with styrene. And the effect of the amount of initiator and the type of acid used for ion exchange on catalyst structure and the catalytic performance of catalysts for alkylation were studied thoroughly. The experiment results show: when the percentage of the amount of initiator in the total material is 3%, the polymerized ionic liquid catalyst MPM‐SO3H‐[C3V][SO3CF3] has the most uniform with a specific surface area of 97.30 m2/g and a pore volume of 0.35 cm3/g. Benefiting from the unique structure features, MPM‐SO3H‐[C3V][SO3CF3] manifested an excellent catalytic performance for alkylation of o‐Xylene with styrene, along with the conversion of styrene was 96.8% and the yield of 1‐Phenyl‐1‐ortho‐xylene ethane was 94.7%. Therefore, this work provides a novel reference to the synthesis of polymerized ionic liquids and clearly explains the advantage of novel acidic polymerized ionic liquids on alkylation. A series of novel acidic polymerized ionic liquids, synthesized by simply using ionic liquids immobilized on the 1‐vinylimidazole‐based cross‐linked copolymer microsphere, were used as heterogeneous catalyst for alkylation of o‐Xylene with styrene. MPM‐SO3H‐[C3V][SO3CF3] has the most uniform with a specific surface area of 97.30 m2/g and a pore volume of 0.35 cm3/g. And MPM‐SO3H‐[C3V][SO3CF3] manifested excellent catalytic performance for alkylation of o‐Xylene with styrene with the conversion of styrene was 96.8% and the yield of 1‐Phenyl‐1‐ortho‐xylene ethane was 94.7%.